"My Thanksgiving Break Didn't Meet My Expectations"

This past week was Thanksgiving break and I spent it in New York, home for the first time in NINE weeks! To be honest, the break was nothing like I expected. Here's why:

It wasn't very relaxing! I had a TON of homework that needed to get done over break: a paper, a lab report, two problem sets, and hundreds of pages of reading. So, it really didn't feel like I had much of a break. Actually, it seemed like I had even more homework than usual. Between running around trying to see lots of different friends, doing the errands I don't have time for at school (like stocking up on Christmas decorations!!) and homework, I felt really busy all the time and I ended break just as tired as when I began.

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It was difficult to see all of my friends! Before break, I had assumed that whenever I traveled home, it would be easy and convenient to get together with all of my friends, but I was definitely wrong! Everyone was on a different schedule — some people got home Tuesday, some Wednesday, some spent the holidays with relatvies out of town. I was the only person home the entire week! It wasn't nearly as easy to see lots of people as I had expected.

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I missed Stanford a lot! Even though I've only been here nine weeks, Stanford and Burbank really feel like a second home to me, and I couldn't wait to reunite with all of my friends at the end of the break — I missed them more than I thought I would. But it was in a good kind of way... you know you're at the perfect university for you when going back to school at the end of break, faced with an insane amount of work and little to no sleep, and yet, you're still still extremely excited because just being at school makes you happy :)

But of course, some parts of break were exactly what I expected. It was great seeing my family again, especially my little brother, and the food was delicious! Plus, the end of Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the Christmas season, which makes me so excited! Seeing Santa is always my favorite part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade :)